I think, in some odd/ unconventional way, the Duchess is looking out for the twins. She is missing some social skills, but from this chapter, I can imagine she had to/was forced to create barriers with the people around her due to jealousy or greed. Hence, she solely focuses on being a superior asterol and training her granddaughter to be one too. I think she does not want the twins or Claire, at the bare minimum, to experience what she did growing up or at least what happened to previous twin relationships. As far as what we've seen she hasn't minded her own business, but she might be trying to avoid some unnecessary conflict for another asterol. But if she tries something else best believe I’m going to stand on business for my girls!!!
Of course, what you said makes sense. I also believe that not all Astariol are devoid of emotions or compassion. It can't be that only Astariol with twins can be emotional. After all, how can a Tara make them feel something they never have before? But they have different thoughts and different ways to deal with things, so things that may seem rude or even cruel to you may not be so for the Astariol.
That being said, the logical thinking of Astariol may not resonate at all with normal people, not even for a twin. As a human, negative emotions come to us so easily, especially greed and fear. Even for a twin pair with Astariol, he felt negatively towards his twin, which is sad since the problem is that they don't communicate properly. Maybe it's a good thing that Eciel is such a simple-minded child. She's very expressive, and doesn't shy from sharing her emotions with her twin.
I think, in some odd/ unconventional way, the Duchess is looking out for the twins. She is missing some social skills, but from this chapter, I can imagine she had to/was forced to create barriers with the people around her due to jealousy or greed. Hence, she solely focuses on being a superior asterol and training her granddaughter to be one too. I think she does not want the twins or Claire, at the bare minimum, to experience what she did growing up or at least what happened to previous twin relationships. As far as what we've seen she hasn't minded her own business, but she might be trying to avoid some unnecessary conflict for another asterol. But if she tries something else best believe I’m going to stand on business for my girls!!!
Of course, what you said makes sense. I also believe that not all Astariol are devoid of emotions or compassion. It can't be that only Astariol with twins can be emotional. After all, how can a Tara make them feel something they never have before? But they have different thoughts and different ways to deal with things, so things that may seem rude or even cruel to you may not be so for the Astariol.
That being said, the logical thinking of Astariol may not resonate at all with normal people, not even for a twin. As a human, negative emotions come to us so easily, especially greed and fear. Even for a twin pair with Astariol, he felt negatively towards his twin, which is sad since the problem is that they don't communicate properly. Maybe it's a good thing that Eciel is such a simple-minded child. She's very expressive, and doesn't shy from sharing her emotions with her twin.